Excerpt from German Literature, Vol. 1 of 3: Translated From the German Pious feeling was the first to rebel against the dead letter, and clear understanding did so later. The excellent Spener, one of the most amiable of the ofi'spring of Protestantism, a century earlier combated the bloated and poisonous salamander Karpzow, before Leasing engaged with the stupid head pastor, G6tze, in Hamburg. In both cases, the good heart gained the victory over the, wicked, and the good head over the bad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.